"MACPHERSON'S HOTEL, CAPE TOWN,
"_September 17th_, 1912.
"Dear Sir,--I have sent the little article about which I have already
written you and Mr. L. fully, to your address by ordinary registered post.
Better put it in your bank till I arrive--shall write you later about date
of my arrival. Faithfully yours,
"Stephen Purvis."
"That," remarked Ayscough, glancing at the rest, "clearly refers to
whatever it was that Mr. Multenius took from his bank on the morning of
his death. It also refers to Mr. Levendale--without doubt."
He drew the other letter to him and read it out.
"CAPE TOWN,
"_October 10th_, 1912.
"Dear Sir,--Just a line to say I leave here by s.s. _Golconda_ in a
day or two--this precedes me by today's mail. I hope to be in England
November 15th--due then, anyway--and shall call on you immediately on
arrival. Better arrange to have Mr. S. L. to meet you and me at once.
Faithfully,
"Stephen Purvis."
"November 15th?" remarked Ayscough. "Mr. Multenius died on November 19th.
So--if Purvis did reach here on the 15th he'd probably been about this
quarter before the 19th.
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